Improvement in post-drivers



Q. H. HMJAMSN @e M. AMYN.

Fnsi-Drivers.

No. 134,412. Patented De.31,172.

ITE STATE CHARLES H. `WILLIAMSON AND JOHN H. ALLYN, OF WHTESTOWN, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN POST-DRIVERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. BSLLEBQ, dated December31, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES H. WILLIAM- SON and JOHN H. ALLYN, ofWhitestown, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have inventedcertain Improvements in Post- Driving Machines, of which the followingis a specification: v

Our invention relates to a rod and a weight with a hole in the centerfor the purpose Of sliding said weight up and down on said rod, said rodbeing used to guide the weight in a perpendicular line without adjustingthe frame of the machine. Said rod has a hole or cavity in the lower endto receive a spindle; the object of said spindle being to keep a post ina perpendicular position while being driven, also to keep the lower endof said rod ou the top of a post while Operatin g the driver.

Figure l is a perspective view of a machine embodying our invention.Fig. 2 is a sectional plan of the same.

A is the frame oi' the machine. B is the rod, which may be solid with ahole or cavity in its lower end, or it may be hollow. C is the weight,with a hole in the center for the rOd B to pass through. D is the eye,attached to the top Oi the frame A for holding the upper end of the rodB in position. spindle, the lower end of which is pointed for drivinginto the top of a post. The upper end is intended to pass up into thelower end of the rod B, and by this means a post may be held in anupright position, and the lower end of the rod B heldpon the top of thepost while the weight G is being operated. F is the rope used forrelevating the weight C by means oi' the spool G and the lever H attachedto the shaft I. The spool G is hung loose on the shaft I and controlledby the action of the clutch J.

The Object is to provide an effective method for driving fence or otherposts without being obliged to adjust the machine to cause the weight (lto move in a perpendicular line.

We claim as our invention- The rod and spindle, for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

" l CHARLES H. WILLIAMSON.

JOHN H. ALLYN. Witnesses:

WILLIAM MARIIELL, MORRIS WILOOX.

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